Matthew BaileyI’m going to start this review by saying that Leaning Tower of Pizza by Playte Really took me by surprise and quite possibly is now one of our favourite small box dexterity games and almost definitely the best tower stacking game we’ve played in a really long time.The concept is really simple. Inside the box you get a load of cardboard, pizza slices and a load of the little.Pizza saver Things that you get when you buy pizza to stop the lid touching the pizza itself.
We start the game by placing all of those little pizza producteurs all on the table and putting one slice on top.on your turn you Take a.Pizza Tower from Alloa stack and place it on a higher stack.Most notably that it does not have to be at the top and can be in the middle if you so choose.Even if you wish, take another slice of pizza and lay it on top, although you do not have to, that is completely by choice.
This continues until everything falls down Jenga style.With the winner being.The person before the person who made the tower fall. This is a small electric rule, but it’s quite key is one thing however was disliked in Jenga is the way you just have a loser rather than a winner.This also encourages more aggressive play as you’re trying to.Get your opponent to find it difficult on their turn.In order that you went.Small change, but distinctively improves the way the game plays.
Basically it.But all I can say is is that we super enjoyed this. It works. One of the key things with dexterity games is there feel. Sometimes they’re too easy, sometimes they’re too hard, and this really hits the nose on absolutely perfect.I don’t know if it was intentional, but one of the cool things that worked really well is because the fact the pizzas have a folding them in order to fit in the very small box, which is also a big positive. They kind of flop a bit like little pizzas do and this can be used for both.Offensive and defensive play in making it harder for the opponent as well as.Helping you balance a tricky tower.
Component quality is really high.As always, plate little boxes with their.Really nice little tags are visually appealing. Everything fits in a really small box and this could easily go in a handbag or be used for travel.
On the face of it.It’s jungle with different components, but in reality.This feels very different to a lot of other dexterity games, largely because the balance of.Difficulty is bang on the nose. We really, really like this.And quite happily say this is one of my favourite.Stacking, if not maybe my absolute favourite stacking dexterity game and definitely the best one you can put in a small travel form factor.Massive strong recommendations if you’re going to be picking up any of the plate games.Either before or at the UK Games Expo, this is definitely one I would consider.Although it is quite a large box compared to the other ones, so if you are thinking of doing the case deal I would probably get this one separately.And get smaller box games in that case.
Disclaimer A copy of the game was kindly gifted to us by Playte. We have not been aid for this review and our thoughts and opinions are our own.
